Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2014, Ireland's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 166.7% compared to 2013, reaching 400.

Ireland accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 157,275.

Ireland ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 220.0% (from 125 in 2009).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asydcfsta, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.